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Job 12 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:1 - Then Job answered:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:2 - "Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:3 - I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:4 - I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered - a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:5 - For calamity, there is derision (according to the ideas of the fortunate) - a fate for those whose feet slip!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6 - But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident - who carry their god in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:7 - "But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8 - Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:9 - Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:10 - in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11 - Does not the ear test words, as the tongue tastes food?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:12 - Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

Job Speaks of the Power of God

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:13 - "With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 - If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:16 - With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:17 - He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:18 - He loosens the bonds of kings and binds a loincloth around their waist.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:19 - He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20 - He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:21 - He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:23 - He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:24 - He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
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Job Chapter 12 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras